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FreeBSD 13 — py310-tuf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — py310-tuf — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: The Update Framwork — path traversal vulnerability Related CVEs: CVE-2021-41131 Upstream summary: NVD reports: python-tuf is a Python reference implementation of The Update Framework (TUF). In both clients (`tuf/client` and […]

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FreeBSD 13 — imp — security advisory — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — imp — security advisory — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: horde — Phishing and Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities Upstream summary: Secunia reports: Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Horde, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct phishing and cross-site […]

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Debian 11 — dpkg-cross — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — dpkg-cross — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-4950 Upstream summary: gccross in dpkg-cross 2.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the tmp/gccross2.log temporary file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this […]

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FreeBSD 13 — compat5x-i — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on FreeBSD 13

FreeBSD 13 — compat5x-i — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: FreeBSD 13 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: FreeBSD VuXML VuXML topic: openssl — potential SSL 2.0 rollback Related CVEs: CVE-2005-2969 Upstream summary: Vulnerability: Such applications are affected if they use the option SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING. This option is implied by use of SSL_OP_ALL, […]

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Debian 11 — user-mode-linux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — user-mode-linux — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2002-2016 Upstream summary: User-mode Linux (UML) 2.4.17-8 does not restrict access to kernel address space, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code. Table of contents Symptom & […]

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AlmaLinux 8 — pyOpenSSL — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on AlmaLinux 8

AlmaLinux 8 — pyOpenSSL — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 25 May 2026 Affected versions: AlmaLinux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: AlmaLinux ALSA ALBA-2021:1793 Upstream summary: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section. Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause […]

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Debian 11 — audiofile — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 11

Debian 11 — audiofile — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 11 (bullseye) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2008-5824 CVE-2015-7747 CVE-2017-6827 CVE-2017-6828 CVE-2017-6829 CVE-2017-6830 CVE-2017-6831 CVE-2017-6832  +12 more Upstream summary: Heap-based buffer overflow in msadpcm.c in libaudiofile in audiofile 0.2.6 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a […]

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Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-hwe — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — linux-hwe — multiple vulnerabilities (20 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5014-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2021-33909 CVE-2021-3609 https://launchpad.net/bugs/1924611 CVE-2021-29154 CVE-2021-3492 CVE-2021-3493 CVE-2020-27170 CVE-2020-27171  +12 more Upstream summary: It was discovered that the virtual file system implementation in the Linux kernel contained an […]

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SLES 15 — clone-master-clean-up — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on SLES 15

SLES 15 — clone-master-clean-up — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟡 Medium   ⏱ 10–30 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: SLES 15 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: SUSE advisory SUSE-SU-2022:3667-1 (see also SUSE bugzilla) Related CVEs: CVE-2021-32000 Upstream summary: A UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following vulnerability in the clone-master-clean-up.sh script of clone-master-clean-up in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3, SUSE Linux […]

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Debian 10 — ruby-kramdown — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Debian 10

Debian 10 — ruby-kramdown — multiple vulnerabilities (2 CVEs) — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 29 October 2021 Affected versions: Debian 10 (buster) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Debian Security Tracker Related CVEs: CVE-2020-14001 CVE-2021-28834 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – Alternative Approaches Verification & […]

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